- flc? fpprs- ii'7. q i w . , EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JULY . 25, ,1919 v ,f' fftft. v - 37fS' vPrtrt ' '' ' l'i""-M u c Ml & 77ffi WORLD FOR SALE 1 'HUU !! (CovvrtoM, ltll. ill Itnrptr t Una.) , jr'i., Vj -'' 1"1 S!r'li,,Vl Ju THIS STARTS TIIK STOIIV ;5 LC. V:V HVfl i '-'r'l t rieda Druse, daughter of Gabriel , ,J, UJ;Ci iR-' ' H l!J . JuVl S . rH Druse, of gypsy blood, shoots In n . .-;-,' Atiist.i"1 ! -Ml ; V, ! H'; JSJl i vV)it?, canoe the Carillon rapids on the gag- , . . t .' j. , ' rs, .""" ,'M'i r 'WM-M'iiW .1 alac river, where it flows between the ' i ' '. ' .-'', ('? , ' iTfH . "-fc '?!tfeWSSlW ' !h town, of Manltou and Lebanon, In v V - t ;.f :; !-.. -M ' j ; j J. . Vrt-fSaKffl)' tho Canadian Northwest. She is re- -0$ t$' .',., ? , ' . : j ; ' ; , ' YMmSOm)MUb ' I cued from the whirlpools below by $.;$ $ U. 'l;! V j , . M j V MwflSwte I Max Ingolby, a manager of gretit M JU$J. J-.j .j!,-,1 & j If) ''- V CMWilffillff tl interest, who ha, come to Lebanon 3(&&V fitful, i '. ...AH " l '.i 7 liS fsOTSMPiS si I to unite the two towns and maKO 1 rw; i v,.,v - v jl'vY U J ,',,;.'; : Hi I f ilr - U Y&PVi3!KS3?riH3 S 1 .t u. ... 1- 11.- vei-v4i!j riit f.-i.i. '. . j. 4 1 i 1 ; . 1 w:fcvc.'.iLw7wr"E,Km3Mkt& im 1 tarm ino criliur -L tuuiuiciic iu mu ri'C-'.sr . TrM JIT. I .1! VM1 1 K L ; C S 1 'lil.TCaWV3.TOLrcFi)f'Jli:HiKvTtn western north insulted by erful but Manltou. I who tows rev br one .Teth under n gypsy custom which united them in marriage when they were children. I'ledn reject him and n jealous quarrel ensues between 1'awe and Ingolbv. Mnrchand stirs up n feud between the two towns In order to foil lncolli 's ambitions nml jilnn n clash between the two factions dur ing the funeral of an Orangemnn to be held In Lebanon. lngnll. in disguise, mincles with his enemies in Manltou. Fawe reveals his iden tity and Ingolbv is rendered blind by a blow on tho bead. A parade ir strikers from Manltou clashes with the funeral in Lebanon under tin pretext of Insulting remarks bv tin Orangemen againt their religion Mnrchand. the lender. Is hurled through the tilr b fiabriel Druse, who has been appointed head ron stable. His followers nre cowed and return sullenh to Mnnitmi after one of their priests has made an appeal to them. AND HEKR IT CONTINIT.S The rtearons THEHH were few lights showing In Lebanon or Mnnitou : hut hee and there along the Sasalac was the fading glimmer of n camp tire, and in Teke wani's ievratinn one light glowed softly like a star. It came from a finely made and cliisod safety-lantern given to Tekewani ! the government, as a symbol of honor for having kept the braves quiet when an Indian nml half-breed rising was threatened; and to the powerless chief it had become ' a token of his nuthorltv, the sign of ' the Great White Mother's approval By day a spray of eagle's feathers ' waved over his tepee, but the gleam of the brass lantern every night was like 1 a sentry at the .doorway ot a mon arch. It was a solace to his wounded spirit ; it allayed the smart of subjection ; made him feel himself a ruler in retire ment, even as Gabriel Druse was a self ordained exile. These two men, representing the primitive nomad life, had been drawn together in friendship. So much so, that to Tekewani alone of all the West Druse gave his confidence and told his story. It was one of the virginal days, ' when there was a restless i-tirring among tEc loung bucks, who melled the wln -vrntnrs the nines .-iml the wild slirubs ; vfbo heard the cry of the loon . on the lonely lake nnd the whir of the wild duck's wings, who answered to : the phantom try of ancient war ; it j was on such a day that the two chiefs pened their hearts to each other Xear the boscage on a little hill over 1 'oking the great river Gabriel Druse 1 ad come upon Tekewani seated in the nine dust, rocking to and fro, and banting a low, sorrowful refrain, with ees fixed on the sotting sim. Aiyl the Ry of Hs understood, with 'ne understanduu whuh only those nve who live dose to the earth, and ,ilo near to the heavens of their own .'ods. He at dow n beside the forlorn hief and in the silence their souls spoke t . each other There swept into the eins of the Tinman ruler something f the Immitigable sadness of the In- . inn chief, and. with a sudden pre Monition that he also was come to the . ti 1:. us. u;- o.l 1 OSPt Ol Ills III.-. Ills ii(; iii'iii"" '.'' s, light the westering rim of the heav- .ns and his breast heaved. r .i.., i fi, . mnn ,leclnred hemselves to each other, and Gabriel I Iruse told Tekewani nil that he had' I iriisn 1 idden from the people of the Sagalac, . Sagalac, It sppm..d brothers nnd was answered in kind to them that they were who were one and who had parted in ages long gone; and having net were to part and disnppear once more be ginning still another trail in an end less reincarnation. "Brother." said Tekewani. "it was irMlp there was a bridge of land be- ,,..oor, thn pn,finonts nt the Xorth that . On the shore she is H-WW '"S?, ?! f fi! '.! ! 1 P 5 aCtsw S8B9HBfiaP disreputable character of ferW'. ' 'K? iWf. '? 3? i T'M 'lrffi ngolb.v attacks Marchaml. '; V ytf V. . .Y.'iJ 2 Vi . ?Jt 3J i " rBjWBHiSaKMMlSlPl enge. Fleda is claimed W?t."KtfiH.S&KiiV1'-' j '" iVmmtSSSmSmimWgB to Fawo as his wife. tiFVr&&&i'X$ffiite$&?SS 'i.tS i. LJlflfieiSSW5SiQ1 I we met Again I see it. I forgot it. J.V1 zarebas of life, who lay violent but again I see. There was war, and hands upon themselves, do so with a ,ou w,.nt upon one path and T upon complete reasoning, which in itself is another and wo lm-t no more under ' proof of their insanitv. It may be do 1 11 the moons till now " mestie tragedy, or ill-health, or crime, "Dordi. so it was and at such a or broken faith, or shame, or insomnia, time," answered the Ttv nf Rvs. "And or betrayed trust whatever it is, many once' more we will follow after the a one who suffers from such things tries fireflies which give no light to the ' to end it all with that deliberation, that safe places but onlv lead farther into stategy and that running which be the night." long onl to the abnormal. Tekewani rocked to and fro again. I A mind which has known a score muttering to himself, but presently he or more of sleepless nights acquires an .ij . 1 "We eat from the hands of those who have driven nwn the buffalo, the deer and the beaver: and the young bucks do naught to eain 1110 jh 01 women. Thev nre but as lusting sheep, not as the wild goat that chases it mate over the plnces of death till it comes upon l.er nt Inst, and calls in triumph over her as she kneels at his, feet. So it is. Like tame beasts we1 rat from the hand of the white mnn.j and the white man leaves his own1 camp where his own women are and, prowls in our camps so that not even our own women are left to us." It was then thnt Gabriel Druse learned of the hatred of Tekewani for ' Felix Mnrchand. because of what In- had done in the reservation, prowling at night like a fox or a coyote in the Tney parted that hour, believing that the epoch of lite in which they were nnd the fortunes of time which hnd been r were to come were but turns ot a wheel that still went on turning; and that whatever chanced of good or bad fortune in the one span of being might be repaired in the next span, or the next, or th'e next ; so, through their creed of reincarnation, taking courage to face tho failure of the life they now lived. Not by logic or the teaching; of nay. chool bad they reached this rev- i.y.s .ftrfat'i.w.sTTwfi:t.'j j-tv 1 ; 1 1 1 i 1 11 1 in mi 'iiiPWi M I J'Sift ! ill:.' ;, -v sPfHHBp Ingolhy did not reply. ent!oni ,hroUBh an inncr enc. t Thev were not hopeful and wondering and timid. They were only Mire. 1 finds a hundred perfect reasons for not Their philosophy, their religion, going on, every one of which is in it whether lien then or human, was in- snlf sufficient: every one of which knits norlIi r ,atl comfort in it and in i each other. After that day Gabriel Druse always set a light in his window which burned all night, unswunug to the lantern -light at the door of Tekewani's home the lights of exile and of an alliance which had behind it the secret in fluences of past ages and vanished peo ples. There came a night, however, when the light at the door of Tekewani's tfinun ilul lint liilrn At sunset it w:is iKlltlHi. mit lonK i)(,forn midnight it was extinguished. Looking out from the doorway of his home (it was the night after the Orange funeral), tinbricl Druse, returned from his new duties nt Lebanon, saw no light in the Indian reservation. With anxiet , he set forth in the shine of the moon to visit it. Arrived at the chief's tepee, he saw that the lantern nf honor was gone, nnd waking Tekewani he brought him out to see. When the old Indian knew his loss, he gave a harsh rr and stop ped, nud, gathering a handful of dust ram that ground, sprinkled it on his TTi-.id. Then with arms outstretched he ,msed the thief who ha.l robbed him of i,.,, !,,! w ,n him like n never- failing mirage, an illusion blinding his oes to the bitter facts of his condition. , 1U.1.U .. .... ..-...... T.ohnnnn nml Mnnitou had had one .. .. -- source ; and now tne malign spirit mm stretched its hand to spoil thoe already tl !.,..,,. n .nmr dispossessed of all but the right to live. One name was upon the lips of both men. ns they stoc Tekewani s tepee, ns they stood in the moonlight by - , ,,, ,, "There shall be an end to this, ' growled the Itomany. i I will have my own, baid Teke- wani, with malediction on the thief who had so suamed him. isiacK nnger was in me neun 01 Gabriel Druse as he turned again toward his own home, nnd he was glad of what he had done to J. elix Marcnnnu at the Orange funeral. The Keeper of the Bridge Z.iAc the darknesi of the grave, which ii darkness itself " lr OST of those who break out of the DOROTHY DARN IT Mr. ( IP KV BOSIMESS KEEPS (f WHAT AReM im N THE BUTTON VwHAT 00 ) gl I OH' I GET A SutTOF WELL DOM'tB . -n LiLU-- ) UP ILLflE RICH VOUDOIN9'! HOLE BUSINESS VOU HAVE -I! CLOTHES AND SEW BE A FOOL S WHY f f BECAUSE . THERES HB ( ' l - a I , -J- TO OO9 I ,T AROUND THE WITH VOURB I ,, ) LIABLE TO BE A f ?f Xl E3 w ,--'t '"H BUTTON HOLES 'MONEY. U 1 FAMINE IN BUTTON f i $fyty ! -0m .J vr' W i i flTTLi ' Q fi 1 Hi r 1A I 3 1 I r& rW in ulri 171 f I IH :ii&k i rtv IM .lk Jy '"I M Li m m m Jc:;r m wip i.vu .v-m r " mm -1 , m m wnitr u. y & wm cm' -m h iWEtm an -urn p- r, a8 iMMcHa m &vjs ll,rw jsmm fxryx MKsl M. i ,Hft 1 T HRJH fn. A IPVk Tl.. I JH4IB fML'M m fT' V .S iL tTWtttWt MMKMI ill IB " ft r I '- - j-i -s---c-; y r kW" lxj WX-" kd v. - crs .T':WfrVrIAtP'V-,"4-'-'iv He held out his hand and black fingers invincible clearness of its own, seeing nn end which is without peradventure. It into the other ninety and nine with in- ewtable nffinit. To the mind of Ingolby came a hun dred such reasons for breaking out of life's inclosure ns the effect of the I opiate Itockwell had given him wore off and he regained consciousness. As he I "AH right, Jim. Put them in the did so. some one in the room was tell- drawer of the table and I'll answer ing of thnt intervention of Gabriel ' them tomorrow. I wnnt to get a little Druse and the Monseigneur nt theimoie sleep, so give me a drink, nnd Orange funeral, which had saved the then leave me alone both nurse nnd situation. At first lie listened to what ' jou till I ring the bell. There's n was snid it was the nurse tnlkintr to ln-H on tin. tnhlo isn't tii,..v Jim Beadle with no sharp perception! of the significance of tho story; though I it slowly pierced the lethargy of his senses, and he turned over in the bed to face the watchers. hat time is it, Jim?" he asked heavily. They told him it was sunset. "Is it quiet in both towns? aked after a pause. he They told him that it was. "Any telegrams for me?" he asked. There was an instant's hesitation. iney had had no instructions nn this i-uiiu. anu tney hardly knew what to .n Kt TI.. 1 1 1 i .. . ,,, Yh"7' '"A "'""., ,"" ": .." l0S'f' I,,. " """.' "...-,.,. m mm now- '" "uswereu tnat there were several wires, hut that they "didn't amount to notlun . II.. , . llnv(, tllPV b opened'" Incolhv , ct,.i :.i. ' . .' . ' . 'ngoio.v "Unve they been opened?' """' "'" a irown, naif ra s ne- him. S0lf jt ., imr,, t. ... ". , . - . i11 I""- U1U masterfulness and self-will. "I'd like to see nnybodr open 'em tnOUt TTIV nn'mlaainn ' - . -. ftnstvnro1 TI j imperiously. "When you's asleep, Thief 1 1 in awake; and I tnke care of von'' things same ns ever I done. There nin't no wires been opened, and there nin't goin' to be whiles I'm ruunin' thn W,. for you." "Open and read them to me," com manded Ingolby. Again Ingolbv was conscious of hesitntlon on Jim's' part Already the acuteness of the blind was possessing him. sharpening the senses left unimpaired. Although Jim moved, presumably, toward the place where tho telegrams lay, Ingolby realised that his own au thority was being ciossod hy that of the doctor and the nurse. "You will leave the room for a moment, nurse," he said with a brassy vihrntion in tho voire a sign of nervous strain. With a smothered protest the nurse left, and Jim stood beside the bed with the telegrams. "Bend them to me, Jim," Ingolby repented irritabl . "He quick." They were not wires which Ingolbv should hnve heard at the time, when lus wound was still inflamed, when he'Tho loolr of hesitation left the office was still on the outer circle of that , boy's face. "All right !" he said, "I'll artificial sleep which the opiates had secured. They were from Montreal Kroop Is Evidently a Couple of Buttons Shy Himself 1 i. -4r j ma v ,si W'vm s i -re j Yraga e& hw m II I 1 y -n I.I ' nlVall Vr " -. ' I . sj ir ,i s.Vrals.TnlrT i l' ' r LW-r: xrc i -tfmJV?r&x -b-ftj -mkm i r-tt 1 w &2r -sw ili ir uj j . h-iilnwcno . ljx-'i u-- ljj J tl ' -m s je":w JJW r-1JU nRut l,T" J OV W DKM " CT 1 I -fc " " I UwZ" CHAS rAAftlJUS By SIR GILBERT PARKER Author of "Tho Scats of the Mighty," "The Money Mmtcr," etc. i s - '-, 1 shot ncr and took it and Vew York, and, resolved from their half-hidden suggestion into bare elements, they meant that henceforth others would do the woik he had done They meant, in effect, that save for the few scores of thousand dollars he had made, he was now where he was when he came West. When .Tim had finished reading them, Ingolbj sank back on the pillows and 1 said quietly : He stret.hcd out n hand twnrtl the table beside the bed, and Jim softly pushed the bell under his fingers, "That's light," he added. "Xow, Vm not to bp disturbed unless the doc- tor comes. I'm nil right, nnd I wnnt to be alone nnd quiet. Xo one nt nil in the room is what I want. You under stand, Jim?" "My head's just ns good to get at what jou want as ever it was, and you' goin have what you want, I guess, while I'm on deck," was Jim's reply. Jim put a glass of water into his hand. He drank very slowly, was in deed only mechanically conscious thnt he was drinking, for his mind was far away. After he had put the glass down, Jim still stood beside the bed, booking nt him. "Why don't you go, ns I tell you, Jim?" Ingolby asked wearily. "I'm goin' " Jim tucked the bed clothes in carefully "I'm goin', but, boss. I jes' want to say dat dis thing goin' to come out all right bime-by. There nin't no doubt 'bout dat. You goin' seo eer; thing, come jes' like what you want suh !" Ingolby did not leply. He held out his hand, and black fingers shot over nnd took it. A moment later the bliud man was alone in the room. (CONTINUED TOMOimoVv-) He Was Learning An Indianapolis physician has a new office boy, who himself has ambitions to become a doctor. The other day a lit tle girl rnme into the office'nnd asked to see the doctor. "He Isn't in just now, liitniint'il tho hoy, nnd in the 1 conversation that followed asked her who was sick "My papa," answered the little cirl. "And I just wanted some medicine for him. He isn't sick enough for the ' doctor to come to see him The office boy thought a minute. Then. 'Is ho insured''" he asked. The little girl nodded that he was. fix him some medicine. Indianapolis Times. I D1 ILY NOVELETTE RAG DOLLS AND TEDDY DEARS Hy Annette 0. Sj-mmes UT IN'COLX STIlBnT!" called the -L- conductor, and Harvey Wilson, Immersed in n Tost editorial, had barely time to make a frantic gesture lit the autocrat of the trolley car, to snatch up his bundle of laundry from the seat beside him, and to make n msty exit, thus avoiding being carried by his corner. On Lincoln street was I Hop Sing's laundry, and Hop Sing was the best and cheapest laundrymnn Harvey knew. Stepping into the laun dry he delivered the bundle to the bland Hop Sing, received his half of the ticket, and hurried by n short, cut to the main street where his office was situated. I The girls in the office were vastly interested in Harvey, but he did not return the compliment. Someway he t didn't seem to care for girls. A pity, since his income was as attractive as ,vhis looks, which Is saying n good deal. A few days later he again bent his steps in the direction of Hop Sing's establishment, this time homeward bound after the day's work, to get the clean shirts nnd collars which should now be ready for him. The clerk smiled as he produced Harvey's bundle. The smile broadened as he untied the bundle and unrolled to Harvey's astonished gaze, a black "Diuah" rag doll, a "Kewpic" in 11 ' most insufficient sash, two teddy bears in indifferent repair, n train of cars, and a miscellaneous assortment of what he would have termed "doll duds." "Wliy," exploded Harvey. "I never brought that junk here! Wherc'd I get a bundle of rag dolls and teddy bears' What'vo j ou done with my shirts and collnrs?" "That's your bundle," returned the clerk. "Look at the ticket." Harvey looked. Apparently the facts were as stated. I?ut where and how had he annexed that bundle? And where were his shirts? Harvey left the laundry in n state of perspiration which seriously threat ened to add another collar to his laun dry. Plainly, he must have e.ohango,d his laundry bundle with somebody on the car, when he made his hasty exit. He aguely recalled a oung woman tak ing a seat next him, ns the car filled, and putting down a bundle between them. He wished she hnd her old bundle! Hop Sing wouldn't keep it, nnd he meant to chuck it into the first dump-barrel he passed ! T the trolley, homeward bound, he 'opened his paper, glanced over the nds. I to see how the one he had just insert- ed for an ofiico boy looked, nnd stumbled upon this item, under "Infor- mntion": "WILL TIID GDXTLKMAX who accidentally exchanged a bundle of laundry for n package of toys, last Tuesday n. in. on the 8 :.10 Forest nve nuo car call at Xo. 12 Bronson street, city, to make exchange? "B. J. SHWALL." Would he? Tie quickly secured a transfer- which landed him at the end of Bronson street nnd presently was confronting the prettiest girl he had ever seen, who had answered his ring nt Xo. 12. "I called," he began awkwardly, "about those rag dolls V Oh, yes! cried the girl. "Pome right in. I know you'll be as glad to get your laundry ns my little nephews nnd nieces will to get the toys their cousins sent them, anil which you now lave. She was bringing out the other bundle ns she spoke, and TTarvev was noting how womanly and sweet she was, as well as prettv. iinn what a nice homy place Xo. 12 was. "I T feel ns if I owed them some thing for disappointing them so." he snid. Pouldn t I bring mem over some some candy next Sunday, to make up? "Oh. that would be lovely!" erled the girl. "They live at Xo. II Hope street " "Well you see T I thought I might bring it here " he stam mered. "My name is narvey Wilson, and " "I've known you by sight for some time, Mr. Wilson," said the girl, "but not your name. Mv cousin has just gone to work In your office. The chil dren sometimes visit here Sunday." "I'll bring the candv, then!" vowed Harvey. The net complete novelette tho Roso Hedge. -Behind Always First At n rorcnt convention of editors a delegate told about the first editor he worked under. "Itlght or wrong, he was always right. I recall on one occa sion where the pnper announced the death of William It Jones, who, it turned out, wnK not dead. Accordingly next day. the paper printed the follow ing note: 'Yesterdav wo were the first newspaper to publish the death of Vil ham u. Jones. Joilnj we arc the tirst . to deny the report. The Morning t 1 is nlwas 1 Opinion. London DREAMLAND AD VENTURES-By Daddy "RACING FOR A THRONE" (I'fOOV, mill, Batku Sam, Gen eral Croaker nnd tho birds race for the throne of Btrdlantl, one-third of the race Icing by air, one-third by icater and one-third by land. After the race llalky Sam lands in a link hole and Peggy and Billy turn lack to aid him.) They Seo n Flro TDALKY SAM was stuck fast In the J- muck. All four feet hnd sunk deep in the mire, nnd the more he tried to pull them out the further he' went down. 1'eggy nnd Billy swam quickly back to shore and ran to see what they could do. "Hee-haw! I'm n coner now!" brayed llalky Ram. "First I was fly ing like a bird, now I nm sinking like a stone, nnd soon I'll be undorgiound with the snakes and worms. That's what n mule gets for trying to be an eagle." Hilly took a quick look at llalky Sam, then he ran to an old rail fence nearby and grabbed n rail. Peggy picked up the other end of the rail anil they carried it to the Kink hole and shoved it under Iialky Sam's stomach. Another and another rail followed until they hnd built a platform under lialkj Sam so he couldn't sink nuy further. Hilly followed this by sticking rails down into the mire beneath Balky Sam's feet. "Now everybody lift together!" he shouted. The birds strained nt the strings, llalky Sam pawed desperately and up he came out of the mud. An other minute and he was on solid land and Peggy had freed the birds from the strings in which they were tangled. "Hoc-haw! N'ow we can go on with the race," luayed llalky Sam, dashing BRUNO DUKE, Solver of Business Problems By HAROLD WHITEHEAD, Author of "The Business Career of Peter Flint," etc. (Coryrlcht.) TIIR PROBLEM OF THIS SMlT.GLKn .JEWELS Susan Finds "a Fine" Investment SFSAX MAITLAXD told Bruno Duke thnt when Bannock Purvis assured her she could get much more than $3000 a year out of her SoOOO "without lift ing n finger," she begged him to help her. "I told him," she explained, "that I wanted him to help me, ns a friend of father's, but I insisted thnt he must recompense himself for his time and trouble." Purvis waived tho suggestion aside and then explained to her bewildered mind thnt he was a broker who dealt in commercial paper. "It's like this, Miss Mnitland," he hnd told her. "There are lots and lots of business men who hnve more busi ness thnn they can tnke care of I mean so far as having the dollars go. Xow, I make a specialty of helping them to do a big business, whereas without me they could only do a little one. Ut course, tney pay me wen 101- hclping them, that's understood. "Alwnys make people pay well for help, Miss Maitland. They value it proper-like, then that's my motto, y' know." When Susan asked him how he did it. he explained: "Sunnose a man wants n few liun- dred dollars in n hurry. His bank wont nccommodnte him, say because he's; only a little fellow, lie comes to me nnd I loan him money on his bills re ceivable, and have the accounts ns- Blgned to me. Them bills is pretty well gilt edge, for they represent cold cash that the owner bus duo him for j ..... ...11., hn.l flf rnnruii T InnV C0UU9 untuun., ....... s. w. , - up what kind of people they nre who owe the money, nnd only loan on bills owin by people with n good Dun or Bradstrcet rating "Xow, as the people pny them bills I get the money. Suppose a man wants a thousand dollars my business is made up of small accoitnts, Miss Maitland he brings me in n batch of bills receivable which I approve. Sup pose the otal amount Is $1200 (that may represent twenty to fifty different accounts). I lend him 75 per cent of the full value of the bills, so for 51200 worth of bills, I'll loan ?000. "When ?n00 worth of bills arc paid, I release the balance. I only hold them as extra securitv in case any of the firms don't pay their account. "See how snfc It Is: I get the busi ness note with collateral worth a third more thnn the note. Now I deduct the first month's interest, which is ." per cent. On that ?b00 deal I just told you of, Miss Maitland, I chnrge $!." for n . month 'h ncconimodation. Xowf, lia.lt that $l-f)fJ may be paid in it week, so I got it to use again somewhere else." "Isn't fi per cent a month n lot of money? Susan had asked him. Lheard father say he never paid more than ! per cent for a whole year. "That's different. I have a lot of '- Copyright, lfM'P, bv the Hell Syndicate Ir.-. Bit C'lflS. McMttllUS "Tho cottaco Is on lire. We must try to save It," she. cried. for the lake. Ho plunged In nnd then Hilly nnd Peggy snw another part of the trick he had plotted with the birds. And they snw whyjlic birds towed him thiough the air instead of fljlng free nnd fnst as they might have done. For ns soon ns llalky Sam began swim ming the birds clustered on his back, clinging tightly to him. They were using him ns a ferryboat to cover the wnter part of the race. "Hee-haw! Hee-haw! Good-by, Miss Peggy and Hilly," brayed llalky Sam. "Good-hy! Good-by! We're sorry you lost," chorused Judge Owl and all the birds. But Peggy and Hilly hadn't lost. They splnshed into the wnter and swam after llalky Sam. When thev came to tho stakes where they had tied the kite strings they stopped. "Hee-haw! 'PcggV nnd Hilly arc beaten," binjed Balky Sam. Peggy and Billy stopped only long investigating and bookkeeping to do and' me t per cent is not interest, duc in terest nnd expense sec?" She said "yes," but really didn't un dorstnhd the matter. "Xow it's like this, Miss Maitland. I could loan much more money thnn I have, for business men nre hungry to discount their bills with me. If you like I'll use our S".",000 ns soon ns I enn nnd pay jou 2 per cent a month. The S per cent I get will ray me a profit besides canning all the expenses, so jou needn't hesitate to take the money thinking I ain't getting nnything for helping you." "How much is 2 per cent a month for ija.'.OOO?" she inquiied. After figuring for n brief spell he answered that it amounted to JfSlOO n year about $1(10 n week. "Of course," he said, "I can't gunr nntcc to use every penny nil the time, but I'll do my best for ou. You'll WOMAN'S RIGHT TO PROPOSE Among the last rights of women to be fought is the light to propose. It is the inevitable consequence of itho-vote nnd of the war. The position otyyomnn with regard to marriage has Vif'fr&ly changed, and the sooner it is recognized the better. Up till now nice women have properly- not proposed, because it meant virtually "Will jou keep me?" Now that a woman can he ns inde- ...'.. ., 1 l.c.. , penitent ns a man sue ne ...... .... scruples on thnt score In every other direction the position of men and women, with regard to mar riage, is equal. It is quite ridiculous that it should be an honorable thing in a man to love a woman who does not return his affection, and yet be a dis- I o-rnon tn n wnmnn to loVC Unasked. A ft...- - - proposal from the man clears the air, and it would be the same with one from the woman. In the present condition of things a woman often wastes the best years of her life on a hope. It would be much better if she could say in the begin ning, "I like you, and If you like me as much as I like you, let us spend our lives together." It would be quite simple for the man to reply, if he were of a different mind: "I am sorry. Of course, I like you, but I do not feel like going into partnership." The woman would then put him out of her mind nnd go ntyut her business. Broken hearts heal in time, and it is possible that hearts would never get beyond the wounded btngc if this plan were adopted. There is a seriou? reason why it should be adopted. Some badly wounded men nre feeling much as if they lindwom" 'fcze over in a night, saviqi changed places with the women. They do not have to say "Will jou keep I me?" when they propose, but what to j them is nlmost as bad, "Will you keep! jourself ? It would be n great relief to many a enough to put the kite string loops und?w their nrms, nnd untie the strings Iron the stakes. Swish I the kites draggec them through the wnter so fast thn1 spray flew from their breasts like wave? from tho bow of n speed boat. Swish they rushed past Balky Sam, splashlnJ wnter over the astonished birds. Swish they caught up' with General Croaker the frog, who wns beginning to gc.t tlrecl of towing (icnernl Swallow across th lake. Swish ! they even pnssed Wll Ducks, who were paddling nlong at 1 good rate. The beach was near whet the wind, which hnd become more ant more puffy, died nway entirely. Til' kites no longer pulled them nnd dropped toward earth. "Swim!" shouted Billy, and swlni they did, letting go the kite strings They hnd a good lead and reached th bench well ahead of the others. "Now we'll have to run our BwlfH est," snid Billy. "Balky Sam can gal lop fnstcr than we can, nnd it wlllb' a hard race to the old mill whenjii reaches shore." But Peggy was looking nt n cottag which stood close to the beach, Fron: a window a little whiff of smoke hail puffed out. "The cottage is on fire. We muw try to snve it," she cried. "Quack! Quack! You'll los'e th race," cried Wild Duck, who was jus' swlmlng to shore. "free! Crcc! You'll lose the race,' shrilled Gcncrnl Swallow from his llttl pad raft. "Losesor win," quoth Hill, "we'n going to fight thnt fire." (Tomorrow will be told how Balky Sam almost wins, then gets a sur prise.) get your 2 per cent every month on al the ensh I use, of course. Susan trusted him, so wlthou knowing the method of doing such busl iiess loaned him nil her cash, and re ceived in exchange detailed particular of loans made with her money, arid every month a substantial check. Eacl .month new particulars of loans wer bent, nnd he collected for her the data relating to expired collateral. For six months this went on to Su san's relief and delight then came 1 sudden and disturbing change. 1 TODAY'S, BUSINESS QUESTION ll'Aaf is a "Passvortt" ANSWER TO YESTERDAY'S BUSINESS QUESTION . "Letter of Advice" is one which gives notice of a shipment made, bill diawn or other business transaction. crippled man in love if proposals wert taken out of men s hands. In the present circumstances no nle girl could bring herself to 'propose, how ever willing she is to keep herself, how ever much she loves the man. There is 110 need to fear that th new right would give added license t the other kind of girl. She propose now, nmiougii not 111 so niunv words. "A Girl From the War" in the LondoJ Alan. FRIENDLY COLD IN ARCTIC explorers Find Traveling SafeJ When Mercury Is Lowest One of the curious errors about th Xorth that are prevalent among 'thos' few who hnve any ideas about thJ North nt all is that cold is the chie enemy we have to fight beyond tfi Arctic Circle. I am sure that nil thos' who have traveled extensively on th moving polar ice would agree with m that the cold os our best friend. For that reason February is a bette month than March for sledge travel, ani January would be as good as Februar were it not for the fact that it is thei too dark for sa,fe working among brokei ice, where water holes are n dange everywhere. In April, when the tem pcrature seldom goes lower than 30 de grees below zero for a nicht. If a ml breaks up the ice, as often hannens forming open leads that crisscross eacl other in all directions, it takes sever days for the frost to cement the broke) places and to form ice over the lane which nre Impassable moats whilethe; remain unfrozen, but which becom smooth boulevards when covered by sh inches ot young ice. In February, when the'temnerattire'l seldom nbove SO degrees nnd tfrequeuW goes uown to iio negroes, the same lane: . ""'"J a teutons ilelav Vilhjalmn a'iansson in Jlnrper's Magazine, " Trying Her Patience 'Patience" was the subject of th teacher's discourse, and to illustrat her point she drew on tho blackboard picture ot a smnll Imy sitting on th bnnk of 11 stream, fishing. "ou J.ee 'this lad, children," sJi m-M, beaming on her pupils: "he I fishing. Well, even the pleasure o tuning requires patience. He must b prepared to hit and wait." For a little while longer sho dilate on the beauties of being patient. Thei came the 'time for her to test her wnrt "Now, then, can any of you boya tel me what we need most when wa gi UMIIUK. P1U' HlVllCU, Like one wiico came n chorus fron me ciass, -nan : j.oudon Opinion, The Day and the Girl 'The worship of girl beautv l nS precedented," said David JleJasco "Look at the magazines 11 prettv rlr 011 every cover. Look nt tho nds. j nothing hut pretty girls. Oo to llv I theatre it's a girl show. Yes, th 1 pretty girl is worshiped, hut she r. mains unspoiled. I hrard the other 1m about an elderly millionaire banker wti proposed to n pretty girl. 'Think,' sab tne oiu rnscai, -inina 01 tne motorcar and pearls and saddle Horses a rich him, tmnd couiu give you, "The girl looked at him critleallr un, u leu lULuer wouiu uo JU3C u well,' bhe said, 'Marry mamma," " Loudon Opinion, ,- " - -rt--Yr j . Uv:
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